Chemiluminescence of Cl-NCDs and KMnO4 systems based on waste pomelo peel for erythromycin detection

In this work, using discarded white pomelo peel as the green precursor and hydrochloric acid (HCl) as the dopant, water-soluble Cl-N-doped carbon dots (Cl-NCDs) with excellent performance were synthesized by one-step hydrothermal method. The Cl-NCDs function as both luminescent agents and catalysts, significantly enhancing the chemiluminescence intensity of the HCl-HCHO-KMnO 4 system, forming a novel HCl-HCHO-(Cl-NCDs)-KMnO 4 chemiluminescence system. The addition of erythromycin (EM) solution inhibits the chemiluminescence intensity of new system. By optimizing the conditions, we established a simple, cost-effective, and reliable chemiluminescence method for EM detection, offering a linear range of 5-100 μM and a detection limit of 0.0149 μM. In addition, this method was successfully applied to the analysis of EM in various water simples, achieving recovery rates ranging from 97.6% to 106%.